Merchandise folder



Patented Apr. H, 1922.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET I- w. P. TEN EYCK. MERCHANDISE FOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, I920- Patented Apr.

11, 1922. 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

Inventor; WaZtenPZenEyflc;

entree WALTER P. TEN EZCK, 0F NES' EL-D, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB- '10SNYDER & BLACK,

INCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORZPORATION OF NEW YORK.

To all 20 71 0m it may concern:

Be it known that 1, lumen 1 TEN Bron, a citizen of the United States anda resident of Nestfield, in the county of Union and State of New JQ-1SY,l1tVG inyented certain new and useful Improvements in liferchandiseFolders, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to merchandise folders and has for its object toprovide a tainer assembled in the folder .the folder Fig. 3 is a similarview show- Fig. f is Fig.

partly closed. ing the folder entirely closed. a cross section on line4: f of Fig. 5 is a perspective view or a modification of myimprovements and showing a. modified form of the merchandise containerready for insertion in the folder. 6 is a view sir i lar to that of Fig.5 and showing the merchandise container assembled in the folder. Fig. 7is a similar view showing the folder closed. Fig. 8 is a cross sectionon line 8, S of Fig. 7. Fig. -9 is afragmentary perspectiveviewillustrating a further modification of my improvements. All the figuresof the drawings are to one scale except Figs. 4 and S, which are toanother scale, larger than that of the other figures.

Directing attention first to Fig. 1, my improved folder comprises bodyportion 2, and two flap portions 3 and 5 hinged thereto and which latterare adapted to be folded over onto the body portion and interlocked. Forthe purposes of interlocking, one of said fiaps,-as 3, is provided-witha protruding latch tab 6 and the other Flap is provided with a latchseat, which may comprise slot '4', as in Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive. Forconven iencc and economy of manufacture, tab 6 is preferably cut fromflap 5 of the next succeeding folder blank, whereby a notch 7 of thesame profile as tab 6 is provided, and which notch may be utilized as atab seat, as shown in Fig. 9.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, M122.

Application filed June 30, 1920. Serial No. 392,948.

One of said members, as body 2 or either fiap 3 or 5, may be providedwith means for retaining a merchandise container. As illustrated, flap 5is so provided and the retaining means comprises one or more slots 9,10, through said flap, and which slots are engaged by corresponding ears11, 12 projecting from an edge of one of the walls, as 13, of themerchandise container 15. Said merchandise container 15 may be ofenvelope form, 1, including front wall 13 and back wall 14thinged at 16to said front wall. Preferably said ears are cut from the free edge ofwall 14 of the next succeeding container blank, whereby notches as 17are formed in the free edge of wall 1 1. Said container wall 13 may beprovided with end flaps 18, 19 which are folded over and guinined ontowall 14.

If desired the merchandise container retaining means may comprise Vshaped wings 20, 21, Figs. 5 and 6, two sides of each of which are outfree from flap 5, instead of slots as shown in the earlier figures.

In Figs. 5 and 6 a modified form of container is shown. In this form thecontainer 15 is without ears and without end flaps and the merchandiseis simply folded within the container. Then the edge of the container isinserted under the V wings 20, 21

and the free corners 92 23 of flap 5 are of the container 24, 25 beingfolded therewith.

In assembling the device particularly shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive,ears 11, 12 of the container are slipped into slots 9, 10 (or underwings 20, 21, asshown in Fig. 5), flap 5 is folded up, Fig. 2, and flap3 is folded over and latch tab 6 is inserted in slot 7 Fig. 3, or innotch 7 Fig. 9. Either in the showing of Figs. 2 or 6 the extending edge16 of the container, in folding into the folder is disposedclose to thejoining fold of body 2 and flap 3 so that when flap 3 is closed thecontainer is held securely in place.

I claim:

1. In a merchandise folder the combination of a body portion and twoflapv portions, one of said flap portions having a protruding latch taband the other of said flap portions having a notch adapted to be used asa tab seat.

2. In a merchandise folder the combination of a body portion and twoflap portions,

one of said flap portions having a protruding latch tab and the other.of said flap portions having a notch in its free end corresponding inprofile with said latch tab.

3. In a merchandise folder the combination of a body portion and twoflap portions, one of said flap portions having a latch tab and theother of said flap portions having a tab seat for interlocking with saidtab when folded, a merchandise container having a Wall, and meanscarried by one of said flap portions for retaining engagement with oneedge of said merchandise container wall.

4. In a merchandise folder the combina tion of a body portion and twoflap portions, one of said flap portions having a latch tab and theother of said flap portions having a tab seat for interlocking with saidtab when folded, a merchandise container provided with an ear, and meanscarried by one of said flap portions for retaining engagement-with saidmerchandise container ear.

5. In a merchandise folder the combina tion of a body portion and twoflap portions, one of said flap portions having a latch tab and theother of said flap portions hav ing a tab seat for interlocking withsaid tab whenfolded, a merchandise container comprising a front wall anda back wall hinged together, said front Wall having an ear projectingfrom its free edge, and an opening in one of said flap portions forengagement with said merchandise container ear.

6. In a merchandise folder the combination of a body portion and twoflap portions, one of said flap portions having a latch tab and theother of said flap portions having a tab-seatfor interlocking with saidtab when folded, a merchandise container comprising a front wall and 'aback wall hinged together, said front wall having an ear projecting fromits free edge and said back wall having in its free edge a notchcorresponding in profile with said ear, and an opening in one of saidflap portions for engagement with said merchandise container-ear.

In a merchandise folder the combination of 'a body portion and two flapportions, o ne'of said flap portions having a latch tab and the other ofsaid flap portions having a tab seat for interlocking with said tab whenfolded, a merchandise container, ears thereon, and openings in one ofsaid portions for engagement with said merchandise container ears,respectively.

8. In a merchandise folder the combination of a\:ody portion and twoflap portions,

one of sad flap portions having a latch tab and the 0 her of said flapportions having a tab eat for interlocking with said tab when folded, amerchandise container, ears thereon, and means carried by that flapportion having the tab seat for retaining a merchan dise container.

9. In a merchandise folder the combination of a body portion and twoflap portions, one of said flap portions having a latch tab and theother of said flap portions having a tab seat for interlocking with saidtab when folded, a merchandise container, ears thereon, and openings inthat flap portion having the tab seat for engagement with saidmerchandise container ears, respectively.

10. In a merchandise folder the combina tion of a body portion and twoflap portions, one of'said flap portions having a latch tab and theother of said flap portions having a tab seat for interlocking with saidtab when folded, a merchandise container comprising a front wall and aback wall hinged together,

said front wall having an ear projecting from its free edge and saidback wall hav-' tion of a body portion and two flap portions,

one of said flap portions having a protruding latch tab and the other ofsaid flap portions having a notch in its free end corresponding inprofile with said latch tab, a merchandise container, and means carriedby one of said portions for retaining said merchandise container.

12. In avmerchandisefolder the combination of abody portion and twoflapportions, one of said flap portions havin a protruding latch tab and theother of said flap portions having a notch in its free end correspondingin profile with said latch tab, a merchandise container comprising afront wall and a back wall hinged together, said front wall having anear projecting from its free edge, and an opening in one of said, flapportions for engagement with said merchandise container ear. I

13. In a merchandise folder the combination of a body portion and twofla portions hinged to opposite edges of said body por tion,respectively, means for interlocking the flap portions, *a 'merchandisecontainer, means for interlocking said container and one of said flaps,oneedge of said container extending when in interlocking relation withsaid flap to the hinge line of said body portion and the other flapportion, whereby when said flap portions are interlocked said containeris securely retained within the folder.

In witness whereof, I hereby afiix my signature, this 28th day of J une,1920.

WALTER P. TEN EYGK.

